'Jenny Lind' is a Tetraploid

Rhododendron 'Jenny Lind', which is a 1853 A. Verschaffelt Ghent hybrid, has been determined to be a tetraploid using flow cytometry by

Dr. João Loureiro, Dr. Silvia Castro, José Cerca, and Mariana Castro
Plant Ecology and Evolution Group,
Centre for Functional Ecology,
Department of Life Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Technology,
University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Summary of Ploidy Levels

Diploid 'Miniatum Floribundum',
Triploid 'Aida',
Triploid 'Bronze Unique',
Triploid 'Croceum Tricolor',
Triploid 'Daviesii',
Triploid 'Deep Rose',
Triploid 'Freya',
Triploid 'Gloria Mundi',
Triploid 'Il Tasso',
Triploid 'Josephine Klinger',
Triploid 'Phebe',
Triploid 'Phidias',
Triploid 'Pontica Album',
Triploid 'Van Houttei Flore Pleno',
Triploid 'Velasquez',
Tetraploid 'Admiraal De Ruyter',
Tetraploid 'Altaclerensis',
Tetraploid 'Ariel',
Tetraploid 'Beaté Céleste',
Tetraploid 'Bijou des Amateurs',
Tetraploid 'Bouquet de Flore',
Tetraploid 'Cardinal,
Tetraploid 'Comte de Flandre',
Tetraploid 'Corneille',
Tetraploid 'Directeur Charles Baumann',
Tetraploid 'Durante Alle',
Tetraploid 'Electum',
Tetraploid 'Eugénie',
Tetraploid 'Fénelon',
Tetraploid 'Flameola Incarnata',
Tetraploid 'Héroine Plena,
Tetraploid 'Heureuse Surprise',
Tetraploid 'Hollandia',
Tetraploid 'Hora',
Tetraploid 'Ignacea',
Tetraploid 'Igneum Novum',
Tetraploid 'Il Tasso',
Tetraploid 'Jenny Lind',
Tetraploid 'Juliana Nova',
Tetraploid 'Julius Caesar',
Tetraploid 'Leibuir',
Tetraploid 'Lelia',
Tetraploid 'Madame Gustave Guillemot',
Tetraploid 'Marie Verschaffelt',
Tetraploid 'Minerva',
Tetraploid 'Nancy Waterer',
Tetraploid 'Oscar I',
Tetraploid 'Perfecta',
Tetraploid 'Raphael de Smet'

Source: Azaleatuin

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'Miniatum Floribundum' is a Diploid

Rhododendron 'Miniatum Floribundum', which is a prior to 1855 Alexander Verschaffelt Ghent hybrid, has been determined to be a diploid using flow cytometry by

Dr. João Loureiro, Dr. Silvia Castro, José Cerca, and Mariana Castro
Plant Ecology and Evolution Group,
Centre for Functional Ecology,
Department of Life Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Technology,
University of Coimbra, Portugal.

To date 'Miniatum Floribundum' is the only Ghent hybrid that has tested as diploid. 'Miniatum Floribundum' appears to bloom later than most Ghent hybrids.

'Miniatum Floribundum' is often referred to as 'Miniata Floribunda' or Rhododendron miniatum floribundum indicating this may be a natural hybrid rather than a man made hybrid.

Summary of Ploidy Levels

Diploid 'Miniatum Floribundum',
Triploid 'Aida',
Triploid 'Bronze Unique',
Triploid 'Croceum Tricolor',
Triploid 'Daviesii',
Triploid 'Deep Rose',
Triploid 'Freya',
Triploid 'Gloria Mundi',
Triploid 'Il Tasso',
Triploid 'Josephine Klinger',
Triploid 'Phebe',
Triploid 'Phidias',
Triploid 'Pontica Album',
Triploid 'Van Houttei Flore Pleno',
Triploid 'Velasquez',
Tetraploid 'Admiraal De Ruyter',
Tetraploid 'Altaclerensis',
Tetraploid 'Ariel',
Tetraploid 'Beaté Céleste',
Tetraploid 'Bijou des Amateurs',
Tetraploid 'Bouquet de Flore',
Tetraploid 'Cardinal,
Tetraploid 'Comte de Flandre',
Tetraploid 'Corneille',
Tetraploid 'Directeur Charles Baumann',
Tetraploid 'Durante Alle',
Tetraploid 'Electum',
Tetraploid 'Eugénie',
Tetraploid 'Fénelon',
Tetraploid 'Flameola Incarnata',
Tetraploid 'Héroine Plena,
Tetraploid 'Heureuse Surprise',
Tetraploid 'Ignacea',
Tetraploid 'Julius Caesar',
Tetraploid 'Lelia',
Tetraploid 'Madame Gustave Guillemot',
Tetraploid 'Nancy Waterer',
Tetraploid 'Oscar I',
Tetraploid 'Raphael de Smet'

Source: Azaleatuin

John and Sally Perkins

'Bouquet de Flore' is a Tetraploid

Rhododendron 'Bouquet de Flore', which is a 1864 Verschaffelt Ghent hybrid, has been determined to be a tetraploid using flow cytometry by

Dr. João Loureiro, Dr. Silvia Castro, José Cerca Oliveira, and Mariana Castro
Plant Ecology and Evolution Group,
Centre for Functional Ecology,
Department of Life Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Technology,
University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Summary of Ploidy Levels

Triploid 'Aida',
Triploid 'Bronze Unique',
Triploid 'Daviesii',
Triploid 'Deep Rose',
Triploid 'Gloria Mundi',
Triploid 'Josephine Klinger',
Tetraploid 'Admiraal De Ruyter',
Tetraploid 'Altaclerensis',
Tetraploid 'Ariel',
Tetraploid 'Beaté Céleste',
Tetraploid 'Bijou des Amateurs',
Tetraploid' Bouquet de Flore',
Tetraploid 'Comte de Flandre',
Tetraploid 'Heureuse Surprise',
Tetraploid 'Ignacea',
Tetraploid 'Julius Caesar',
Tetraploid 'Lelia',
Tetraploid 'Madame Gustave Guillemot',
Tetraploid 'Nancy Waterer',
Tetraploid 'Oscar I',
Tetraploid 'Raphael de Smet'

Source: Azaleatuin

John and Sally Perkins

'Bronze Unique' is a Triploid?

Rhododendron 'Bronze Unique', which is a 1849 Louis Verschaffelt Ghent hybrid, has been determined to be a triploid using flow cytometry by

Dr. João Loureiro, Dr. Silvia Castro, José Cerca, and Mariana Castro
Plant Ecology and Evolution Group,
Centre for Functional Ecology,
Department of Life Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Technology,
University of Coimbra, Portugal.

The Ghents are documented as having been produced from crossing diploid and tetraploid deciduous azalea species. This result appears to support that documentation.

The plant of Rhododendron 'Bronze Unique' tested does not agree in some characteristics with earlier descriptions of this cultivar. Moreover this plant tested at the high end of the range for triploids.

Summary of Ploidy Levels

Triploid 'Bronze Unique',
Triploid 'Daviesii',
Triploid 'Deep Rose',
Triploid 'Gloria Mundi',
Triploid 'Josephine Klinger'

Source: Arnold Arboretum Accession Number: 19403

John and Sally Perkins